Infrared Ray Heat Treatment in Liver Cirrhosis Patients With Refractory Ascites

NCT ID: NCT01558895

Last Updated: 2012-03-21

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-03-31

Study Completion Date

2013-04-30

Brief Summary

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The objective of this study is to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of Infrared ray heat treatment in hepatic area in cirrhosis patients with refractory ascites. The evaluation of the efficacy includes the ascites pressure, portal vein velocity,SAAG before and after the treatment. Clinical symptoms were also observed simultaneously.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Liver Cirrhosis Refractory Ascites

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Conventional Treatment and Infrared ray heat treatment group

conventional treatment consist of antiviral drugs, lowering aminotransferase and jaundice medicine.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Infrared ray heat treatment

Intervention Type RADIATION

Patients in experimental group accepted Infrared ray heat treatment in hepatic area for 30 minutes as well as conventional therapy.

conventional treatment group

conventional treatment consist of antiviral drugs, lowering aminotransferase and jaundice medicine.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

conventional treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Conventional treatment consists of antiviral drugs, lowering aminotransferase and jaundice medicine.

Interventions

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Infrared ray heat treatment

Patients in experimental group accepted Infrared ray heat treatment in hepatic area for 30 minutes as well as conventional therapy.

Intervention Type RADIATION

conventional treatment

Conventional treatment consists of antiviral drugs, lowering aminotransferase and jaundice medicine.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male
* aged 18\~60 years
* inpatient
* Diagnosed with liver cirrhosis and liver stubborn ascites.

Exclusion Criteria

* Severe problems in other vital organs(e.g.the heart,renal or lungs).
* combined with malignant tumour.
* combined with endocrine diseases.
* combined with high fever.
* infected with the AIDS virus
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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First People's Hospital of Foshan

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Yinong Ye

Professor and Chief

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Yinong Ye, doctor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

First People's Hospital of Foshan

Locations

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The first people's hospital of Foshan

Foshan, Guangdong, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Facility Contacts

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Yinong Ye, doctor

Role: primary

13826065501

Other Identifiers

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FS-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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